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Osgood, Edgar From England to Morocco
Edgar De Pue Osgood loved Great Britain because they had very attractive girls in the Red Cross. They were put in...
Laborde, John From Fort Ord to the Philippines
John Laborde traveled by train from Fort Benning, Georgia to Fort Ord in Monterey, California via New Orleans,...
Viera, Conrad From Fort Rucker to Occupied Japan
[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...
Moore, Hilar From Guam to Iwo Jima
Hilar Moore was shipped to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] after the invasion started. He took...
Jenkins, Samuel From Hammelburg to Moosburg and Liberation
Samuel Jenkins remembers the raid on Hammelburg. [Annotator's Note: The Hammelburg Raid or Task Force Baum was the...
LaPorta, Edward From Reggio di Calabria to Stalag III-B
Edward LaPorta does not recall the date he was captured at Kasserine Pass in North Africa. He believes that the reason...
Fienup, Victor From Stalag Luft III to Moosburg
Victor Fienup [Annotator's Note: an American prisoner of war] was taken to Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: in Sagan...
Albright, William German Guards
[Annotator's Note: The tape cuts and then comes back to William Albright in midsentence.] In Wendover [Annotator's Note...
Siracuse, James German Guards, Flies, and a Honey Pot
[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers in the 669th...
Holt, Thomas German versus Italian Camps
Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Ranger Battalion who was taken prisoner by the...
Colbert, Hugh Going Home
After spending one day in Paris, France, Hugh Colbert boarded a train for Le Havre, France in Normandy. Upon arriving...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Going Home
After the Germans surrendered, Seymour Mermelstein was part of rounding them up to send back to Germany. [Annotator's...
Maduell, Audrey Helping at the Train Stations
Audrey Maduell found it sad to be at the train station where the families were watching their loved ones going off to...
Fontana, Frank Holland, Belgium and the Bulge
Frank Fontana went into Holland then Belgium. He was a supply sergeant for the whole outfit [Annotator's Note: 93rd...
Amram, Fred Holocaust Survivors
Fred Amram remembers his mother was active in searching out family both through Jewish agencies and the Red Cross. She...
Hanley, Fiske Homecoming
The only help Fiske Hanley remembers getting from the Red Cross while he was overseas was the loan of two books when he...
DeForest, Harold Hospital Stays and Detached Duty
That was the end of combat for Harold DeForest. After DeForest got out of the hospital he was supposed to go back to...
Evans, Donald Hospitals at Home
Donald Evans had a couple of operations and could see [Annotator's Note: after being wounded when his armored car was...
Scully, William Hosptial Stays then back to the Front
William Scully [Annotator’s Note: serving in Company C, 1st Battalion, 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division...
Polonski, Bluma Immigrating to the United States
Bluma Polonski does not find it hard to talk about her experience of the Holocaust [Annotator's Note: also called the...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Internment at Santo Tomas
When the Japanese ceased the bombing [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...
Connelly, John Interrogated and Transferred to Prison
In the Summer of 1944, John J. Connelly served with the 44th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 44th Bombardment...
Baum, Irving Interrogation
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: and US Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Edward T. Badder were captured after their...
Siracuse, James Interrogation and Evacuating Stalag Luft III
[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers in the 669th...
Scott, Donald Interrogation as a Prisoner of War of Germany
Donald Scott was imprisoned by German forces after his B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down over Koblenz, Germany. He was...
Kirk, James Interrogation to Liberation
James Read Kirk had to give his serial number and rank to the men interrogating him [Annotator's Note: after his plane...
Bueker, Robert Interrogation to Stalag Luft I
Robert Bueker and some other men were taken into interrogation [Annotator's Note: after being captured in Hungary]. He...
Banghart, William Italy
William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits. In the letters he wrote, he put...
Mason, Leslie Jailer to Discharge
Leslie B. Mason, Junior was on MP [Annotator's Note: military police] duty for a while and then became a jailer [...
Costa, Anthony Japanese Captivity
Anthony Costa was sent to Osaka aboard a ship to work on the docks there. He was in a transport ship hold where he did...
Joslin, Harold Japanese Guards and War's End
Harold Joslin and his fellow prisoners of war tried to keep their humor up. There was a Japanese guard who marched them...
Poye, Matthew Japanese Locals and Returning Home
Matthew Poye was assigned to the Eigth Army as part of the occupation force in Japan. While stationed in Toyama City [...
Pathe, Barbara Joining the Red Cross
Barbara Pathe was born in Bethel, Ohio. She lived there until she was eight years old. She had an older brother, an...
Hamilton, Richard Journey to Stalag Luft IV
Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...
Madden, Paul Landing in France
[Annotator’s Note: Background noise can be heard throughout this segment.] Paul Hilton Madden Jr. was assigned to...
Smith, William J. Landing with a Hung Bomb
William Smith was in Australia for about two weeks. They pulled some shenanigans. He and his crew were sent to Brisbane...

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